Buttonhole attachment for sewing-machines.



E. J. BOYLER & P. B. & H. M. GREIST. BUTTONHOLQATTAOHMENT Fdg SEWING MACHINES. k APPLICATION FILED Abe. 21, 1911. I I 1,035,942 Patented Aug. 20,1912.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1911;

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

E. J. BOYLER & P. B. & H. M. GREIST. BUTTONHOLE ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

, APPIJIGA'TION FILED AUG. 21, 1911. 1 35,942.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912 6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG; 21, 1911.

1,035,942. Patented Aug. 20, 1912 6 SHEETS-SHBET 4.

E. J. BQYLER & P. R. & H. GREIST. BUTTONHOLE, ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1911.

1,035,942, Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

E. J.-BOYLER & P. R. & H. M. GREIST.

BUTTONHOLE ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21,1911.

1,085,942. Patented Aug. 20, 1912 6 SHEET8SHEET 6.

' HtLVGII, in the county State: of Connecticut,

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EMANUEL JOHN norms mac? n. GREIST, AND HoBERr M. Gnms'r, or NEW HAVEN,

' CONNECTICUT.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EMANUEL J. Bormm, a citizen of Canada, and HUBER-r M. GnEis'r,

hiited States,

both citizens of the of New Haven and have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improve ments in Buttonhole Attachments for Sewing-Machines, ofwhich the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a tachment adapted for use with ordinary family sewing machines, and the invention has for its'object to provide an attachment secured tothepresser which is simple 1n operation, and which is of device, in'stitching a button-hole, is reciprocated laterally beneath the needle in construction, and reliable actor that its etlicient use caiibe readily acquired by any person of fair intelligence familiar with they operation of; ordinary family sewing machines. 1 r In the operation of he'p'resentimproved the work of the machine, fort-he formation of the button-hole stitches, and is also fedlength wise of the. button-hole, these movements being efiectedautomatically by mechanism operated from. the needle-bar of themachine; but when the stitching ofzone side of a button-hole has been completed the workholder is first'turned slightly, by automatic or mechanical action, and the semi-rotation or turning movement of said work-holder is then completed manually hy the operative, to stitch around one end of the button hole, after which the feed of theworlnfor stitching the other side of the button-hole, is effected automatically or mechanically.

The improved attachment is adapted'to he bar of the sewing machine, and the stress of the presserbar spring will therefore be utilized to clamp or hold the work in place while leavin it free to he moved on the workplate ef'the machine. In is aplan view or" the improved L Fig. 2'is a side view thereof. g. detail view of the cover a d stitch regulating device to be referred, to. Fig. 3- is a' detail transverse section on line r -3*, Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is abet-tom view of the the accompanying drawings Figure 1 attachment.

Specification of Letters Yatent: Application filed August 21,1911. Serial No. 645,111.

and P113012 '13.. GREIST,

and all residing at New' bnttonho'le at such a char- 3 is a Patented. Aug. 20, 1912.

tachment. Fig. 5 is an opposite side view from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the cover plate to be secured to the worleplate of a sewing machine. Fig. 6 is a detail view'of the stitch regulator.

.F1gs. 7 and 8 are side views ofthe attachment with the parts in diiierent' positions and with certain parts omitted. Fig. 9 is a 10 is a partial side view showing some 01' 1 1 and 12 aredenism. Figs. 13 to 23, inclusive,-"are detail 1 views of certain pa'rt's'to be hereinafter rev erred to. Fig. 24 is a plan view; showing a slightly modified form of the invention. Fi is a. detail view of some of the mechanism of the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 24, and'Figs. 26 to-3l, inclu' 'sive, are detail views-of some of the parts i of themodified form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 t.

' Referring to the drawings, 12 denotes a 'ser bar of a family sewing machine by means bracket-may .be secured to the presser bar by any well known standard 14:, and the said bracket is rigidly tion ofthe bracket 12,I by me'ans of a stud or embrace a pin or roller-stud'o-n the needlebar of asewi ng machine'andirom which the attachment is intended; to be operate l-ivotally mounted on the standard I the parts illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 but in different positions. Figs.

tail views of the stitch-regulating mechabracket adapted. for attachment to the'pres attached to a base plate 15-by means of a' riveted together,-.

' rivet 19, man operating lever forked toplan view with certain parts omit-ted. Fig

clamping device or a set 9 screw. The bracket 12 is provided with a the bracket 12; said stud being be rigidly secured together.

ever, preferably be adjustably connected for regulating the distance apart pro-jectingupward from the horizontal por-j I 80 of the ortion 13 thereof by whichthe said .afiord a slideway in which is mounted a tending upwardt'rom the base plate 15, by means of a stud or rivet 21, is a lever 22 having an arm 23 connected with the operating lever 20 by means of a pin 24 so that as the said operating lever is vibrated on its fulcrum or pivot 19 the said lever 22 will be likewise vibrated. The body portion of the lever'22 is provided with flanges 25 which sliding escapement plate 26 having'horizontally projecting lugs 27.' Mounted for' rotation on the stud or rivet 21 is a cam and ratchet wheel 28 having an odd number of cam arms 29 (five in the present instance) between which are teeth or notche 30, these teeth or notches being adapted to be alternately engaged by an operating springpressed pawl 31 carried by the arm 23 of the lever 22 and by a spring-pressed detent pawl 32 which serves to prevent backward rotation of the cam and ratchet wheel, the said spring-pressed pawls also alternately engaging the faces of the cam arms 29 for driving and 'detent' action. The cam arms 29 are embraced by the horizontal lugs or projec arms will cause the said escapement plate to be raised or lowered at eachvibration of the operatin lever 20;

.Mounted or reciprocation on the stud or rivet ,21 and a second stud or rivet 33- supported by a rearward extension 34 of the standard 18, is an operating slide 35 having openings to receive the said studs or rivets and provided with upper and lower shoulders 36 and 37 to be alternately engaged by the horizontally extending lugs 27 on'the sliding escapement plate 26, for the purpose of reciprocating the said oper ating slide 35.v The operating slide 35 is provided with a horizontal, forwardly extending arm 38 provided with a stud 39 Y which is received in a slot 40 of a bell-crank lever 41 pivoted on a stud 42 on the stationary base plate 15.

The work moving device by which the work may be vibrated laterally relative to thework-plate of the sewing machine, for forming the overedge and depth stitches of a button-hole seam, and by which the work may be fed longitudinally of the buttonhole, comprises a vibrating plate 43 pivotally connected at its rear end with the baseplate 15 by a stud or rivet 44, a rack-plate 45 longitudinally movable relative to the saidvibrating plate 4-3, and a feeding plate 46 riveted .or otherwise permanently attached to the said rack-plate and provided with downwardly extending teeth or serrations- 4.7 to engage the work. In working button-holes on very thin material a thin spring-metal clamping plate 48, between which and thefifeeding plate 46 the work will be held, is preferably employed; thesaid clamping plate 48 being preferably removably secured to an arm or portion 49 of the said feeding plate, as by means of rivets and button-hole slots, as shown in detail in Fig. 23. The feeding-plate 46 is preferably provided at one end with teeth 50 which will register with holes 51 formed on a porthrough an arc of 180 thereon The rackplate is provided at its 0 positeedges and at or near its opposite en s w'ith toothed or rack portions 55 and 56, the-rack portion 56 being extended around one corner of the said rack-plate by a curved or segmental series of teeth 57, for a purpose which will presently be explained. The rack-plate 45 is guided longitudinally of the "Vibrating plate 53 by means ofthe stud 54 working in the slot in the vibrating plate, and also by means of an upwardly extending lug orprojeetion 58 on the rack-plate, and which engages with straight edge portions ofthe said vibrating plate 43.

The vibrating or lateral movements of the plate 43 are imparted thereto from the bellcrank lever 41 through the screw' 59 carried by said bell-crank lever and an impact stud 60 fixed to the said vibrating plate, the vibrating movements of said plate being regulated by a suitable adjustment of said screwso as to provide for more or less lost motion between the inner end of said screw and the saidimpact stud. This adjustment is for the purpose of varying the bite or extent of the depth stitches ofa button-hole seam with reference to the overedge stitches thereof; or, in other words, for varying the width of the button-hole seam.

The rack plate is fed longitudinally of the vibrating .plate by a pinion 61 which, herein shown, is mounted on a stud 62 journaled in an arm or portion 63 of the vibrating plate 43, and to the said stud is also secured a ratchet wheel 04 engaged by an operating pawl-plate 65 pivoted on a stud From this 66 fixed to the base-plate l5.

construction it results thatas the ratchet wheel 64, which is mounted on the vibrating plate 43, is moved back and forth with said Mate, the teeth thereof will he engaged by the relatively stationary ]7l.\\'l]')l0.l' 65 for the purpose of intermittently rotating said ratchet wheel and the pinion. 61 moving therewith; the engagen'lent of said pinion with a toothed portion of thte rack-plate causing the said rack-plate and parts carried osees thereby to be fed longitudinally of the button-hole for the purpose of properly spacing the button-hole stitches.

" To provide for making button-holes of ditl'erent lengths, or of any desired length, the rack-plate is .provided with a suitable gage or gage marks, as shown, to be brought lnto' register with any suitable stationary the Y W dull part or index to indicate the starting posi- 1 'tion of the'rack-plate. That is to say by so adjusting'the rack-plate atstarting that the middle portion of the said rack or toothed part 56 will be in mesh with the pinion 61 a"button-hole oi about half the length of I said rack or toothed part will he provided for; and by so adjusting said rack-plate at starting that said pinion will occupy a position farther from or nearer to thesegmental to'othed part 57 longer or shrter buttonholes may he worked. i

lhe button-hole stitches may be made line? or coarser, or may be spaced more or less closely, by varying the feeding movements of the ratchet-wheel, these movements heing regulsted by adjust-in the pawl-plate vThe said stitch-regulator is forked to provide two arms one of'which is bent downward at its outer end to form a lug "IO-adapted to engage-a shoulder orpert 71 on the pawl-plate 65, and the other of which is bent upward to form a lug 72 extending hthrougha slot 73 in a cover-plate '74 (see Figs-5, 6, 11, 12 and 13). When the said stitch regulator is moved to the position shown in Fig. llthe pawl-plate will be i adjustment, engaging the .ilioulder 71 on the *pawLpl-ate 65, When, however, the said stitch; regulator is moved to the position indicated in Fig." 3 the lug on the said regulator will cngagethe shoulder 75 on the said pawl-plate 65g-end with the parts thus adjusted the ratchet wheel 64will be rotated:

to the extent of two teeth at each vibratory movement of the plate 43; thereby spacing the stitches less closely than with the slower feed of the ratchet-wheel, as will beunderstood.

feed dog, to efliect'this result.

When'tlie stitching of the button-hole has been completed and it is desiredto stay or finish the .end of the button-hole by a few barring stitches whichwill be piled on top of each other, the feeding movements effected by the ratchet wheel may be suspended by throwing the pawl-plate 65 into such position that it will be entirely out of engagement with the said ratchet wheel, as the latter swings back and'forth with the plate 43. This result is effected by the.

barring plate 76 which is provided with a slot therein receivingjthe impact stud 60,

and which barring plate has a forked inner end embracing the stud 42, so' that the said barring plate may he slid back and forth. Said barring plate is provided with a tongue '28 adapted to engage an arm or portion 79 of the pawl-plate 65, and thesaid barring plate may be retained either "in'an operative or inoperative position by a detent spring 80 attached thereto and having a bent portion at its free end adapted to engage the stud 60, as will'be understood by reference I to 11 andlQ. When the barring plate 1s in its inoperative position shown in Fig. 11 the proper action of the vibrating pawl plate 65 will not be interfered withybutwhen the said barring plate is'forced inv Ward to the position shown in Fig. 12 the tongue 78 thereon engage the arm 79 on the said pawl plate and will move it to such a. position that the ratchet-wheel 64;, in its vibrating movements, will swing clear of the teeth of the said pawl-plate 65. When the barring slide 76 is forced inward to the barring position shown in Fig. 12 a shoulder 11 on said slide comes opposite the lug 10 through which the regulating screw 59 43, thus imparting an increased swinging movement to said plate so as to make long barring stitches extending across the ends of both rows of button-hole stitches, as is desirable in barring buttonholes in some kinds of goods, more particularly thick goods.

In the operation of the invention the attachment will be secured to the'presser-bar of the sewing machine by means of the at? taching portion 13, and the feeding device of the sewing machine will-be shut out of action by means of a cover plate 81 which will be secured to the work-plate of the sewing machine in proper position to cover the The work will then be inserted. between the feeding plate'elfi and the clamping plate 48, if such clamping plate be employed, or between the i needle b'ar" will engaged by fthehforked portion of the operating lever 20, so as to impart vibratory movement to said' lever and to the lever 22 connected therewith, With the parts thus mounted an intermittingly rotating movement will be imparted to the cam and ratchet wheel 28 by the en-' gagement of the feeding pawl 31 with the parts of the said cam and ratchet wheel. as hereinbefore indicated. As the said cam and M ratchet wheel is intermittingly rotated the cam arms 29 thereof will alternately lift and depress the sliding escapement plate 26 by virtue of the alternate engagement of,the said cam arms with'the lugs 27 on the said escapement plate. The lugs 27 are so arranged as to alternately engage the shoul-' ders .36 and 37. on the sliding plate 35, so"

that as the said escapement plateis-vibrated withthe lever 22 it will move 'the sliding plate 35 back and forth, as will be anderstood by reference to Figs. 2, 7, 8 and 1) in which these operating parts are shown in different positions. From this it results that through the connections herein described of the said sliding plate with the vibrating plate 43 and the ratchet-wheel 64 the said wheel 64: will. be intermittingly ro-' tated for the purpose. of forming the overedge or button-hole stitches and also for the purpose of feeding the work along be neath the needle. When the attachment is in proper adjustment' for'starting position the pinion 61 will be in engagement with the inner portion of the; rack or toothed portion 56 of the rack-plate 4:5, and the said rack-plate will be fed longitudinally, with the stud 54; moving in a straight portion 52 of the slot in the vibrating-plate 43 until the said stud arrives at the semi-circular portion of-said slot, and at this time the pinion 61 will'be in engagement with the. segmental series bf teeth 57 at a' corner portion of said rackplate and will'thus automatically commence a turning movement of the said rack-plate and the said .feed plate connected there with, byvirtue of the pivotal connectionsof these plates with the vibrating plate 43 af- 'ment automatically imparted to these feeding parts by the engagement of the pinion 61 with the curved or segmental rack portion 57. As this turning movemenflwfll be effecte while the 'machine is running a or starting position.

twe a semi-circular series of radiating stitches'will be formed at the end of the button-hole, and

when the rack-plate is thus reversed the rack portion '55 thereof will be brought into engagement with the said pinion, so that a reverse feeding movement will automatiw cally occur for the purpose of stitching the second side' of the button-hole. When the stitching of the second side of the buttonhole has thus been completed and it is desired to finish the end of the button-hole by a few barring stitches, the barring slide 76 is forced inwardto throw the pawl-plate 65 out of action, and thereby suspend the longitudinal feed of the work.

When the barring stitches have been completed the work will be removed, and with the pawl plate 65 out of engagement with the ratchet-wheelthe latter may now be turned backward by means of the milled head'85 on the shaft or stud of the ratchet wheel, for the purpose of returning the connected feeding and rack plates to their first In order that the toothed port-ion 55 of the rack-plate 45 may be in engagement with the pinion 61, when this reverse manual operation-is to com mence, a spring-pressed plate 86 having a central longitudinal opening similar to the central lon itudinal opening in the rackplate is sli ablymounted on the rack plate by virtue of the flanges 87 at the edges of said plate 86 and which flanges embrace the opposite edges of the said rack-plate. The

spring-pressed plate 86is so located with reference to the rack-platethat, as the latter is fed along, the wall at one end of the central slot or opening in the said' spring-- pressed plate 86 will come into contactwith the central pivot afi'orded by the hub or sleeve 82 on the vibrating plate 43 before the end of the rack 55 passes the pinion 61.

The said hub or sleeve 82, which serves as a pivot for the rack-plate 45, is received in the central longitudinal slot or opening 'in the said rack-plate. When the wall at-one end of the slot in the spring-pressed plate 86 comes, into contact with the hub or sleeve 82 the said plate 86 will yield slightly in opposition to its cooperating spring 88 to permit the rack-plate to be fed to the endof the said-toothed portion 55. When, however, the rack plate and the parts connected therewith are reversedzfor a new starting operation, the spring 88 will act on the rack-plate so as to force the end tooth or teeth: of the rack portion 55' into engage: ment with the pinion 61 in readiness to commence the im1nediate .m anual return of' the parts to their startingp'osition by turning the said ratchet wheel backward and 'swingingfthe pivoted rack plate and connected parts around on their central pivot,

and then, by continued reverse rotation of the ratchet Wheel, bring the parts to their Cir section 57 of the teeth of the rack-bar will present instance, iLfiOIdBd by the somewhat swiveled connection between'the said screw first or starting position. After the connected rack and feeding plates have been rcversely swung on their pivotal connection with the vibrating plate 43, in returning the parts to starting. position, the segmental be brought into engagement with the .teeth ofthe pinion, and in this position of the parts the spring-pressed plate 86 will also serve to hold-the teeth of the rack-plate in engaging contact wit-h the pinion as the pinion engages the segmental rack portion 57 at the corner portion of the rack plate at the times when these teeth pass by the said pinion. This action is permitted by the manner inwhich the spring 88 is disposed so that it is double-acting and can press the plate 86 yieldingly in either direction. 1

While, as hereinbefore stated, the parts 12 and 15, constituting the stationary framework of the attachment may be permanently attadhed together by riveting or otherwise, it is preferred to connect these parts adjustably for the purpose of regulating the distance between the two rows of stitches on the opposite side of a buttonhole, as hereinbefore suggested. This adjustable connection of these parts is, in the enlarged hole or slot 89 in the bracket part 12, andthrough which the stud 16, fixed. to the base plate 15, loosely passes. When the clamping nut 17 by which these parts may be rigidly secured together, is loosened, the base plate 15 may be adjusted slightly laterally relative to the bracket 1:2- by an: adjusting screw 91 passing through a slot 02 in the standard 14, and having, inside oi said standard, a collar which affords aand standard, the threaded portionof the screw being tapped in the standard 18 .proi jecting upward from the base plate 15 This construction provides a delicate screw adjustment of the base plate 15 relative to the bracket 12; and when the parts have? been located. in any desired position of adjustment the said bracket and base-plate may be rigidly secured together by means of the clamping nut 17. f

In the form of the invention illustrated by Figs. 24 to 31, inclusive, the main work ing parts of the attachment are, or may be, essentially the sameas in the form of the invention 'hereinbefore described, although] this modified form of the invention em bodies certain constructions which are, forg' some reasons, deemed preferable to those? hereinbefore referred to. The impact pinj 60, through which the movements of thei bell-crank lever 41 are imparted tothe vibrating plate 43, instead of being fixedly cured to the said vibrating plate, as in the tion.

construction hereinbefore described, is car- 1 base plate 15 and serving to rotate the ratchet wheel 0 1, may be thrown out of ac- The barring slide 597 is mounted on the part 63 of the vibrating plate 43. In moving the said earring slide inward, to the position shown in Figs. 21 and 25, the can! slot 96 will cause the working position of the impact pin to be changed so that in the barring operation the barrinstitches will be brought opposite the midd e of the end of the button-hole. The barring slide 97 is provided with a slot 99 which receives a pin 100 on a shipper-platelOl having a The slot 99 af- 1 pressed pawl 98, pivotally mounted on the l v finger 102' which is arranged to engage the have asuliiciently long movement to afford an easy cam construction of the slot 96 without moving the shipper plate too far. The pin extends into a guiding slot 110 in the part- 63 of the plate 43. The shipper v plate101, in removing the operating pawl 98 from the range of movement of the ratchetwheel, also disengages the detent pawl 103, by which the backward movement of the said ratchet wheel is prevented, from the said ratchet-wheel when the barring slide is moved inward. In this modified form of the invention a regulation of the feed of the ratchet-wheel is provided for by a regulating finger 104 pivoted to the lower side of the part 63 ot'the vibrating plate 43 I which carries the ratchet-wheel and pinion and which regulating finger has an end portion projecting upwardly through a,slot 105 in the said plate and within range of shoulders 106, 107 on the barring slide 97. When the said finger is adjusted so as to be opposite the shoulder 106. the shipper plate 101 will be only partly Withdrawn, so that the operating pawl 98 will-engage the ratchetwheel in such a manneras to impart a feed= ing movement of one tooth at each swinging movement of the vibrating plate; but when the said regulating finger is so adjusted as to be opposite the shoulder 107 the shipperplate 101 will be withdrawn far. enough to permit the operating pawl to feed the ratchet-wheel forward to the extent of two teeth for each swinging movement of the vi-. brating plate 13.

'In the operation of the attachment on heavy goods, and when the lower clamping plate coiiper atin-g with the feed plate is dispensed with, it is sometimes desirable to pin the goods to the attachment so that the goods will be positively moved when a semirotation is imparted to the rack plate and feed plate in stitching around one end of a button-hole. To this end this modified form of the attachment is shown as being pro vided with a sliding pin 108 mounted in a sleeve 109 on the feed plate, and having a pointed end 110 extending beyond the rear end of the said feed-plate so that it may be engaged with the goods.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the button hole attachment herein shown and described operates on the same 1. In buttonhole attachment for sewing machines, the combination with a workholding'and' feeding device comprising a laterally vibrating plate and a rack plate guided longitudinally on said vibrating plate and having toothed portions, of a pinion mounted on said vibrating plate and adapted to mesh with the said toothed portions of said rack plate, a ratchet wheel also mounted on said vibrating plate, a rela ti-vely stationary pawl arranged'to be 811-: gaged by said ratchet-wheel as thelatter moves with said vibrating plate, to rotate said pinion, and a manually operated device or slide whereby said pawl may be thrown out of operative relation to said ratchet wheel for the purpose of suspending the feeding movements of said work-holding and feeding device when a button hole is to be barred.

2. In a button-hole attachment for sewing machines, the combination with a workholding and feeding device, of mechanism for vibrating the same laterally for the purpose of forming button-hole stitches in the work, means, comprising a pawl and ratchetwheel, for feeding a portion of said workholding-and feeding device longitudinally,

to space the stitches, and manually op erated device or slide whereby said pawl may be thrown .out of operative relation to said ratchet-wheel when a button-hole is to be barred, said manually operated device or slide comprising means cotiperating with the vibrating mechanism whereby the lateral vibrations of said work-holding and feeding device will. be increased in extent when said pawl is rendered inoperative.

, 3. In a button-hole attachment for sewing machines, the combination with a work holding and feeding device comprising a vibrating plate and a racloplate longitudij nally movable relative to said vibrating plate and provided with toothed or rack portions on its-opposite outer edges and near its opposite ends, of mechanism for vibrating the said holding. and feeding device laterally for the purpose of forming buttonhole or overseami'ng stitches in the work, means,'comprising a pawl and ratchet-wheel,

, for feeding a portion of said work-holding and feeding device longitudinally, to space the stitches, and a manually operated device or slide whereby said pawl may be thrown out of operative relation to said ratchetwheel when a button-hole is to be barred.

i. in a button-hole attachment for sewing machines, the combination with a work holding and feeding device comprising a vibrating plate and a rack-plate longitudinally movable relative to said vibrating plate and provided with toothed or rack portions onits opposlte outer edges and near its opposite ends, of mechanism for vibrating the said holding and feeding device laterally for the purpose of forming buttonhole stitches in the work, means, comprising a pawl and ratchet-wheel, for feeding a portion of said work-holding and feeding device longitudinally, to space the stitches,

and a manually operated device or slide whereby said pawl may be thrown out of operative relation to said ratchet-wheel when a button-hole is to be barred, said manually operated device-or slide comprising means cooperating with the vibrating mechanism whereby the lateral vibrations of said work-holding and feeding device will be increased in extent when said pawl is rendered inoperatlv'e.

5.In a button-hole attachment for sewi ing machines, the combination with a work holding and feeding'device comprising a vibrating plate and a rack-plate longitudinally movable relative to said vibrating plate and provided with toothed or rack portions on its opposite outer edges and near its opposite ends, said vibrating plate being provided with -a longitudinal slot having two straight portions and an intermediate curved portion, and said rack-plate being pivotally mounted on said vibrating 'plate and having a guiding pin working in said slot, of mechanism for vibrating the said holding and feeding device laterally for the purpose of forming button-hole oroverseaming stitches in the work, means, comprising-- a pawl and ratchet-wheel for feeding a portion of said work-holding and feeding dework-holding and'feeding device longitudicentral longitudinal opening also receiving machines,

vice longitudinally to space the stitches, and a manually operated device or slide whereby said pawl may be thrown out of operative relation to said ratchet-wheel when a button-hole is to be barred.

6. 'In a button-hole attachment for sewing machines the combination with a workholding and feeding device comprising a vibrating plate and a rack-plate longitudinally movable relative to said vibrating plate and provided with toothed or. rack portions on its opposite outer edges and near its opposite ends, said vibrating plate being provided with a longitudinal slot l1aving two straight portions and an interme' diate curved portion; and said rack-plate being pivotally mounted on said vibrating plate and having a guiding pin working in said slot, of mechanism for vibrating the said holding and feeding device laterally for the purpose of forming button-hole stitches in the work, means, comprising a pawl and ratchet-wheel, for feeding aportion of said nally, to space the stitches, and a manually operated device or slide whereby said pawl may be thrown out of operative relation to said ratchet-wheel when a button-hole is to be barred, said manually operated device or slide comprising means cooperating with the vibrating mechanism whereby the lateral vibrations of said work-holding and feedingdevice will be increased in extent when said pawl is rendered inoperative.

7. In a button-hole attachment for sewing machines, the combination with a work holding and feeding device comprising a longitudinally on said vibrating plate and pivotally mounted on said hub or sleeve, said rack plate having a central longitudinal opening receiving said hub or sleeve and having also'toothed' or rack portions at its opposite outer edges and near its opposite ends, and a spring-pressed plate slidingly mounted on said rackplate and having a Said hub or sleeve.

8. In a button-hole attachment for sewing the combination with a Workholding andfeeding device comprising a laterally movable vibrating plate havinga 'plate beneath and connected to nal opening receiving-said hub or sleeve and having also toothed or rack" portions at its opposite outer edges and near its oppositeends, one of said toothed or rack portions being continued into a toothed segmental portion extending around one corner of said rack plate, and a spring-pressed plate slidingly mounted on said rack plate and having a central longitudinal opening also receiving said hub or sleeve.

9. In a button-hole attachment for sewing machines, the combination with vibrating plate and means for reciprocating the same laterally, of a rack-plate guided longitudinally on said vibrating plate and connected therewith so as to vibrate laterally and having toothed or rack portions at its opposite outer edges and near its opposite ends, a feed plate beneath and connected to and movable with. said rack-plate and having downwardly extending teeth or serrations, and a thin spring-metal clamping plate 'be neat-h and. connected to said feed plat-e.

10. In a button-hole attachment for sewing machines, the combination with a vibrating plate andmeans for reciprocating the same laterally, of a rack-plate guided 85 longitudinally on said vibrating plate and connected therewith so as to vibrate laterally and having toothed or rack portions at its opposite outer edges andnear its opposite ends, oneof said toothed or rack portions,

being continued into a: toothed segmental portion extending around one corner pf said rack-plate, a feed plate beneath and connected to and movable with said rack-plate and having downwardly extending teeth or serrations, and a thin spring-metal clamping plate.

..' In testimony whereof we aflix our signa-' 'tures in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: y

W. GREIST, HnR nRnB. DABTON,

said feed 

